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fhis paper is committed to the policy of public ownership of public^|^(hh chicago examiner saturday chicago december 22 1917 saturday registered ~ u s patent office price two - elsewhere thh.ee cents vol xvi iso l a m packers 3,3,00,000 melon is revealed froze out small fry and made huge gains on secret deal evidence shows way open to j expose hidden war profits - washington dec 21 the government to-day established what it claimed is n iong-soughi proof that tho pack < ing interests own and control the chicago stock yards and facilities this was hailed by the investige tors as the missing link in the chain of evidence bn which the federal trade commission purposes to show that the beet trust supposed to have been legislated out of business dominates not only the meat supply but practically the entire food market of the united states and has been doing the lion's share of the food profiteering that has driven tip the cost of living in addition francis j heney counsel for the commission brought out evidence to show that the pack eir in gaining control of u'e stock yards corporation squeezed out the small shareholders and cut a 3,300 000 melon in the form of a 150 per cent dividend si'own armour co jn divorced concerns to-day's session brought out the following i armour & co own 13,520 shares of ' the chicago stock yards company the maine corporation formed to take over the common stock of the chicago junction railways and union stock yards company a new jersey corporation which in turn had bought all the interests from the packers except the packing plant the stock yards company was supposed to be dissociated from the packers o armour & co also owned 6,500 shares of stock iii the chicago junction railways and union stock yards company also supposedly not connected with the packers o holdings of these stocks did not appear on the armour books ac cording to one of the directors of the company other packers are stockholders belief a swift & co of chicago face summary court action because of their refusal to-day to turn over to the commission books that are needed to bhow the company's participation in the stock yards business mr heney announced that he would force the production of the papers and through them show that the swifts as well as the armours had an interest in the fitoek yards company c a system of dummy directors ' and officials which the investigators contend show that they have uncovered the blind corporation through which they charge the immense secret profits in foodstuffs the vanishing profits which the president opened this inquiry to find were turned back to the packers in the form of dividends from the stock j'ards corporation fc the details of the scheme for the control of the stockyards com 343d accepts chicago's offer to act as host rockford 111 dec 21.â€”edi tor chicago examiner more than 1,200 selected men members of my regiment the 343d infantry a chicago unit accept the invitation of chicago to spend the christmas holidays at home in chicago they will arrive saturday at the union depot about noon chicago should be proud that in three months a regiment creditable to the united states and to the profession of arms has been perfected from among its boys please see that they are not disappointed in their welcome charles r howland colonel 343d infantry argentine mob perils irigoyen death to president shouted as crowds demand break with germany over luxburg buenos aires dec 21 mounted patrols were called out to-day to disperse crowds of persons who demanded that the government break cff relations with germany because of the telegrams sent by count von luxburg the former german min ister to the berlin foreign office death to ihigoyen death to president irigoyen and long live the republic were shouts raised by the crowds which were scattered only after a fig-ht with the mounted police in the calle florida strong guards again have been placed about property owned by germans in the city and mounted men also guard the newspaper la union for which count von luxburg obtained a subsidy general belief is expressed that congress will demand that the government explain the state of affairs as exposed by the von luxburg tele grams la patria degli italiani says we would like to believe the government's note introducing the telegrams but its words of to-day do not agree with the facts of â€¢ yesterday public asks reasons argentina tried to prevent the visit of the american squadron and the public wondered why von lux burg explains to his government the repugnance of ircgcyen toward americans and the english fernando saguier went to bolivia and chile apparently on a visit of cour tesy but von luxburg e^lains . that friend saguier was embodied with ample powers to arrange a secret agreement against the united states von luxburg now is without authority from both germany and argentina although germany gave him confidential instructions after those most notorious telegrams and argentina after giving him his passports permits him to remain undisturbed in the country why his friends say it is be cause argentina knows that he can reveal further scandals when he reaches berlin this contradiction between the words of the government to-day and its aets of yesterday perplexes us train is wrecked near lake bluff three ears of chicago & northwestern passenger train no 439 jumped the tracks 400 yards north of lake bluff kt 6:30 o'clock last night no one was injured but the tracks were so badly torn up traffic was delayed for more than an hour big reception ror chicago troops today camp grant and naval training station to send huge contingents home for holidays mayor thompson issues proclamation for citizens to make the visit a memorable affair to-day's the day when johnny comes marching home everything is ready for the entertainment of the 12,000 national army men in camp grant and jack ies of the great lakes naval training station who will return this afternoon for a four days stay during the holidays bands will meet them at the railroad stations auto mobiles decorated with the colors will be waiting to carry them to their homes and chicago will do its best to give them a royal time while they are here proclamation to citizens mayor thompson yesterday added the finishing touch to the preparations when he issued a proclamation calling for co-operation in the entertainment the proclamation fol lows v whereas furloughs have been granted to the soldiers and sailors in the military and naval training camps whicli will enable our chicago boys to visit their homes during the christmas holidays and whereas all patriotic citizens should have the most affectionate regard and highest respect for their fellow citizens who wear the uni form of our great republic now therefore i william hale thompson mayor of chicago do hereby call upon the people of chicago to unite in a welcome which shall combine the spirit of the christmas season and our sincere regard for our soldiers and sailors who may thus honor us with their presence and i hereby request that all homes commercial and public institutions join in this welcome by displaying the national colors in support of which these men will be found ready to give the last full measure of devotion and by extending to them the honors and courtesies due to the splendid american manhood which represents the majesty and might of the greatest nation in the world this occasion will be at once a welcome and our godspeed and it is hoped that as many of our citizens as can attend be present at the coliseum on christmas at s o'clock ln the evening when official welcome will be extended by the city of chicago invitations are extended alderman william j healy and major john bauder drlllmaster of the police department arrived at camp grant yesterday afternoon with proof of chicago's hospitality ln the form of 13,000 invitations to participate in the entertainment provided for the boys adjutant general h o s hels tand by a single verbal order set the mail system in motion and before retreat every chicagoan had four cards admitting him to the municipal entertainment at the coliseum christmas night th toyland festival sunday the motion picture play houses and the regular theateri where to go to meet the soldiers to-day viiion grand central northwest rn and illinois central stations special trains will bring the men home with the exception of the chicago & northwestern railroad the burlington will operate five specials the first arriving at 2 o'clock at the union statioa ten attacks by italians win ground waves of infantry and intenss artillery fire rout foe from positions at monte asolone repulse intense counter assaults says rome teutons suffer great losses in 10-day battle london dec 21 italy's troops are strongly on the offensive in the mountains between the piave and brenta rivers where for the last ten days the teutons have been waging a terrific and sacrificial battle to break through an official statement from the rome war office to-day says the ital ians already have retaken a considerable portion of the territory they yielded to the austro-germans last tuesday around monte asolone east i of the brenta the positions regained were held in face of powerful counter attacks and violent concentrated fire from the enemy's massed batteries terrific attacks made ferocity of the italian counter drive is shown by the official statement from the german war office west of monte asolone the italians sent seven waves of infantry against the teutons in quick succession three mighty attacks were delivered also against the austro-germans on monte pertica another onslaught was di ected against monte solaralo all ten of these attacks were made under cover of a withering artillery fire the teutons suffered heavy losses berlin claims the italians were re pulsed everywhere but the rome war office reports appreciable gains germans fling away lives passing of the offensive from the austro-germans to the italians was welcome news military critics here are very enthusiastic the tide turned immediately after ihe teutons took the all-important position monte asolone this victory was won at frightful sacrifice of men during the last ten days the foe ha flung away lives promiscuously to gain ground undoubtedly their heavy losses caused their drive to lose its force kaltschmidt found guilty of spy plot . detroit dec 21 â€” albert c kaltschmidt wealthy detroit manufacturer was found guilty ln the united states court here to-day of conspiring to destroy munitions plants and ships in the united states and canada four others indicted with kaltschmidt were found guilty and carl respa the fifth was acquitted gary buys quarter billion certificates new york deo 21 the united states steel corporation judge el bert h gary chairman of the board announced tc-day has bought a quarter of a billion dollars worth of the government certificates of indebted ness maturing june 15 next and bearing 4 per eent interest chicago nurse wed in troop trench camp marthur tex dec 21 miss mabe^le s bayard chicago nurse was married here to-day to lieutenant h o lindholm of es canaba mich the ceremony was performed by the poet chaplain the army band played the wadding march u.s engineers all wounded before taken paris dec 21 â€” the following letter from general j b seeley commanding a canadian cavalry brigade was read to the american luncheon club to-day i cannot help telling you o the extraordinarily gallant fight put up by a handful of american railway engineers during the second phase of the cam brai battle f when they found themselves surrounded by germans no man thought of surrender some fought hand-to-hand with crowbars and picks and not one man of the party fell un wounded into the hands of the enemy billion hue foh airplanes congress expected to be liberal in passing new flying appropriation washington dec 21 â€” lt is expected that congress will be asked for a billion dollars more for air planes after the christmas recess howard e coffin chairman of the aircraft production board to-day re turned from an inspection of southern camps to confer regarding the air program . members of congress let it be understood that they will be liberal senator shepard of texas went so far as to say that a billion-dollar appropriation is not unlikely now needed already the production on the original program of more than 600,000 000 calling for approximately 22,000 planes has reached such volume and speed according to mr coffin that aviators is now becoming a chief concern to facilitate the increase in the personnel general crowder has re moved draft restrictions on enlistments in the aviation branch of the signal corps look for 100.000 mr coffin expressed belief that the united states will ultimately have one hundred thousand airplanes with american flyers the allies now depend largely on american production for their own service the aircraft production board is working with the allies in co-ordinating standards and types and the present sixty or more airplane motor types may be reduced to four rufus dawes son and chum off to france charles c dawes 1800 sheridan road evanston son of rufus g dawes and norman johnson 1618 hinman avenue evanston friends since childhood enlisted together in an engineering regiment and last monday left camp grant for a point of embarkation for france it was learned yesterday johnson served some time in the ambulance corps in france and tha ship en which he returned to the united states was torpedoed governor here for debut of daughter governor and mrs frank o l.ow ie arrived n chicago just night to attend the debut to-night of their daughter miss florence who will be formally introduced to society at a reception and dance at the residence of her grandmother mrs george pullman 1729 prairie avenue miÂ»s lowden is a westover girl u.s weather forecast chicago and vicinity â€” gen crhlly fair saturday and probnbly minrt.'ij i not much change in temperature | mali viirlable wind temperature fo twenty four hours ending at 2 a m ! highest 36 lowest 33 mean 34 normal temperature for the day 28 deficiency of temperature since january 1 1c degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours none deficiency since january 1 8.22 inches barometric pressure reduced to sea level : 7 a m 80.20 7 p m 30.38 sunrise tcday 7:15 suuaet 4:22 osautleu konramect report on i'as.a ij hindenburg predicts more victories amsterdam dec 21 1t is my firm conviction that further victories will follow the victories we already have won let the courage of the fatherland remain unbroken and with us the fatherland will conquer field marshal hindenburg made this prediction to a group of berlin journalists at army head quarters general von ludendorff urged the journalists not to write too much about peace victory and peace he said will come sooner if we remain united and strong no one can now deprive us of victory ukraine joins cossack war powerful southern russia armies co-operating 800 bolsheviki slain in battle - london dec.*2l â€” added impetus was given the revolt against the bol sheviki to-day when the rada gov erning body of the ukraine definitely aligned forces with general kale dines odessa troops have joined with the ukrainians other units fraternizing eight hundred bolsheviki soldiers were killed and l,ood wounded in the six days battle in which the cossacks captured rostov-on-don the rebels captured in their town were dealt with harshly the cossacks hate of the reds being all consuming maximalist military leaders fled the town on warships the cruiser kolchida ran aground in the river and was destroyed by the cossack artil lery dispatches received from petrograd to-day assert that an anti-bolshevikl force was defeated by maximalist troops under the command of released german and austrian officers at i tashkent capital of russian turke . stan released austro-german prisoners ! equivalent to two army corps and | commanded by their own officers are i said to be within striking distance of petrograd following the refusal of the ukrain ians to yield to the ultimatum of the bolsheviki Â» demanding ukrainian forces cease giving aid to the cos sacks and disarming maximalist troops a second ultimatum wjth a time limit of forty-eight hours has been dispatched the british foreign office to-day re fused to confirm or deny the state ment printed in the vosslsche-zeitung of berlin that the entente had rec os_nl*e<l the ukraine as a separate government and accredited envoys to it en december 10 at bolgard bessarabia a battle is reported in progress between the rebels and the ukrainians the town is burning hill tribes of the northern caucasus are reported to have revolted and are fighting terlk and kuban cossacks drink crazes soldiers the palace of grand duchess marie pavlov na and homes of other wealthy russians have been looted by drink i crazed russian soldiers searching for : liquor the capital is in the grip of a ; drunken orgy private wine shops have been looted and the government stores of rav alcohol seized the bol sheviki has threatened to dynamite distilleries to end the orgy in one ] instance a cellar filled with intoxi cated soldiers was flooded by the fire department and many of the drunken men hist their lives kaiser orders russ peace probe hits defense council profiteer hintin uniforms inquiry sharpe admits clothing is too thin and overcoats are lack ing tells how red tape throttles department washington dec 21 the wbole story of the insuffi cient clothing of the ameri can soldiers came out to-day before the senate military affairs commit tee major general henry g sharpe quartermaster general of the army furnished the details american uniforms are 30 per cent lighter , weight than those worn by the british and french soldiers shoes too small for the feet are the only ones with which many of the men now in france have been sup plied thousands of the drafted men are without overcoats because the contractor supplies them in sizes too small and the war department has not been able to get the matter ad justed profiteering is hinted in inquiry the partial responsibility of the national council of defense for its share in awarding army contracts may cause the committee to make an investigation of this organization xt wÂ»j intimated that the inferior quality of uniforms supplied to the men may have been brought about through the instrumentality of some one interested ln manufacturing this particular quality of cloth general sharpe could offer no rea ! son for the poor quality of the en i listed men's equipment other than the prevailing system of red tape in the war department he said his remedy for the situation was the in stallation of business methods and added he had told secretary of war baker this should be done nothing has come of the suggestion general wood cuts tape after waiting general sharpe told of one instance where this departmental red tape had been cut and that was when general leonard wood had gone out ln tho market and bought some needed sup plies after he got tired of watting on the war department the de partment afterward approved the pur chases in explanation of the wav the red tape of the department works q-eit eral sharpe said that an order from the quartermaster general goes first to the adjutant general then to the reichstag parties discuss terms socialists for first time take part in conference with impe rial chancellor at berlin peo ple of empire will have voice amsterdam dec 21â€”repr ' seutauves of all reichstag parties were received for con fidential peace discussion thursday by count von hertling german chancellor the russian negotia tions formed the basis of the meet ing the chancellor said the kaiser had authorized him to bring about peace with russia forein secretary von kuehlmann was to conduct the ne gotiations independent socialists for the first time since the formation of the party were represented in direct intercourse with the german government at thi conference socialist leaders i approve hertling plans * all the socialist leaders including otto haas are reported to have un proved the peace plans outlined by the chancellor the government had opened a bu reau for studying peace question under the charge of former vice chancellor helfferich the german foreign secretary dr i von kuehlmann with his staff left yesterday for brest-litovsk a huge j crowd surrounded his train at the i berlin station shouting bring us a i strong peace german accounts of the peace par leys state that hakki pasha turkish ambassador at berlin will preside germans reject bolsheviki terms london dec 21 germans have rejected the russian peace terms ac cording to unofficial dispatches from petrograd the russian delegates it was re ported had been recalled from brest litovsk after the german envoys had characterized the russian stipulations for a peace without annexations or indemnities as ridiculous it was regarded as significant bere that no denial of these reports has been issued by the bolsheviki govern ment germans in petrograd rouse opposition of equal significance was an inter view cabled here to-day between leon trotsky the bolsheviki foreign min ister and the french ambassador at petrograd m noulens in which trot sky assured the french envoy that the peace negotiations between rus sia and germany would cease instant ly if the germans rejected the no annexations no-indemnity proposals i of the bolsheviki if the brest-litovsk parleys have ' been broken off it will not mean an immediate resumption of hostilities las the armistice under which tu j peace negotiations were being 3 | ducted has until january n to ran the bolsheviki apparently has coj to a realization of the wide di vergence between the german peace terms and those of the russian the bolsheviki semi-official ne-as burf-.n has issued an appeal to the on 4th page 2d column continued on 2d page 7th column r f o â– â€¢ q ,<~^' just now <*â‚¬-=. i r l is the time to buy an automo r j bile when the examiner want ad columns contain so many > exceptionally good bargains in cars that have been overhauled 1 i j l t and repainted and are practi j i cally as good as new â– ' ' ~ * -

fhis paper is committed to the policy of public ownership of public^|^(hh chicago examiner saturday chicago december 22 1917 saturday registered ~ u s patent office price two - elsewhere thh.ee cents vol xvi iso l a m packers 3,3,00,000 melon is revealed froze out small fry and made huge gains on secret deal evidence shows way open to j expose hidden war profits - washington dec 21 the government to-day established what it claimed is n iong-soughi proof that tho pack < ing interests own and control the chicago stock yards and facilities this was hailed by the investige tors as the missing link in the chain of evidence bn which the federal trade commission purposes to show that the beet trust supposed to have been legislated out of business dominates not only the meat supply but practically the entire food market of the united states and has been doing the lion's share of the food profiteering that has driven tip the cost of living in addition francis j heney counsel for the commission brought out evidence to show that the pack eir in gaining control of u'e stock yards corporation squeezed out the small shareholders and cut a 3,300 000 melon in the form of a 150 per cent dividend si'own armour co jn divorced concerns to-day's session brought out the following i armour & co own 13,520 shares of ' the chicago stock yards company the maine corporation formed to take over the common stock of the chicago junction railways and union stock yards company a new jersey corporation which in turn had bought all the interests from the packers except the packing plant the stock yards company was supposed to be dissociated from the packers o armour & co also owned 6,500 shares of stock iii the chicago junction railways and union stock yards company also supposedly not connected with the packers o holdings of these stocks did not appear on the armour books ac cording to one of the directors of the company other packers are stockholders belief a swift & co of chicago face summary court action because of their refusal to-day to turn over to the commission books that are needed to bhow the company's participation in the stock yards business mr heney announced that he would force the production of the papers and through them show that the swifts as well as the armours had an interest in the fitoek yards company c a system of dummy directors ' and officials which the investigators contend show that they have uncovered the blind corporation through which they charge the immense secret profits in foodstuffs the vanishing profits which the president opened this inquiry to find were turned back to the packers in the form of dividends from the stock j'ards corporation fc the details of the scheme for the control of the stockyards com 343d accepts chicago's offer to act as host rockford 111 dec 21.â€”edi tor chicago examiner more than 1,200 selected men members of my regiment the 343d infantry a chicago unit accept the invitation of chicago to spend the christmas holidays at home in chicago they will arrive saturday at the union depot about noon chicago should be proud that in three months a regiment creditable to the united states and to the profession of arms has been perfected from among its boys please see that they are not disappointed in their welcome charles r howland colonel 343d infantry argentine mob perils irigoyen death to president shouted as crowds demand break with germany over luxburg buenos aires dec 21 mounted patrols were called out to-day to disperse crowds of persons who demanded that the government break cff relations with germany because of the telegrams sent by count von luxburg the former german min ister to the berlin foreign office death to ihigoyen death to president irigoyen and long live the republic were shouts raised by the crowds which were scattered only after a fig-ht with the mounted police in the calle florida strong guards again have been placed about property owned by germans in the city and mounted men also guard the newspaper la union for which count von luxburg obtained a subsidy general belief is expressed that congress will demand that the government explain the state of affairs as exposed by the von luxburg tele grams la patria degli italiani says we would like to believe the government's note introducing the telegrams but its words of to-day do not agree with the facts of â€¢ yesterday public asks reasons argentina tried to prevent the visit of the american squadron and the public wondered why von lux burg explains to his government the repugnance of ircgcyen toward americans and the english fernando saguier went to bolivia and chile apparently on a visit of cour tesy but von luxburg e^lains . that friend saguier was embodied with ample powers to arrange a secret agreement against the united states von luxburg now is without authority from both germany and argentina although germany gave him confidential instructions after those most notorious telegrams and argentina after giving him his passports permits him to remain undisturbed in the country why his friends say it is be cause argentina knows that he can reveal further scandals when he reaches berlin this contradiction between the words of the government to-day and its aets of yesterday perplexes us train is wrecked near lake bluff three ears of chicago & northwestern passenger train no 439 jumped the tracks 400 yards north of lake bluff kt 6:30 o'clock last night no one was injured but the tracks were so badly torn up traffic was delayed for more than an hour big reception ror chicago troops today camp grant and naval training station to send huge contingents home for holidays mayor thompson issues proclamation for citizens to make the visit a memorable affair to-day's the day when johnny comes marching home everything is ready for the entertainment of the 12,000 national army men in camp grant and jack ies of the great lakes naval training station who will return this afternoon for a four days stay during the holidays bands will meet them at the railroad stations auto mobiles decorated with the colors will be waiting to carry them to their homes and chicago will do its best to give them a royal time while they are here proclamation to citizens mayor thompson yesterday added the finishing touch to the preparations when he issued a proclamation calling for co-operation in the entertainment the proclamation fol lows v whereas furloughs have been granted to the soldiers and sailors in the military and naval training camps whicli will enable our chicago boys to visit their homes during the christmas holidays and whereas all patriotic citizens should have the most affectionate regard and highest respect for their fellow citizens who wear the uni form of our great republic now therefore i william hale thompson mayor of chicago do hereby call upon the people of chicago to unite in a welcome which shall combine the spirit of the christmas season and our sincere regard for our soldiers and sailors who may thus honor us with their presence and i hereby request that all homes commercial and public institutions join in this welcome by displaying the national colors in support of which these men will be found ready to give the last full measure of devotion and by extending to them the honors and courtesies due to the splendid american manhood which represents the majesty and might of the greatest nation in the world this occasion will be at once a welcome and our godspeed and it is hoped that as many of our citizens as can attend be present at the coliseum on christmas at s o'clock ln the evening when official welcome will be extended by the city of chicago invitations are extended alderman william j healy and major john bauder drlllmaster of the police department arrived at camp grant yesterday afternoon with proof of chicago's hospitality ln the form of 13,000 invitations to participate in the entertainment provided for the boys adjutant general h o s hels tand by a single verbal order set the mail system in motion and before retreat every chicagoan had four cards admitting him to the municipal entertainment at the coliseum christmas night th toyland festival sunday the motion picture play houses and the regular theateri where to go to meet the soldiers to-day viiion grand central northwest rn and illinois central stations special trains will bring the men home with the exception of the chicago & northwestern railroad the burlington will operate five specials the first arriving at 2 o'clock at the union statioa ten attacks by italians win ground waves of infantry and intenss artillery fire rout foe from positions at monte asolone repulse intense counter assaults says rome teutons suffer great losses in 10-day battle london dec 21 italy's troops are strongly on the offensive in the mountains between the piave and brenta rivers where for the last ten days the teutons have been waging a terrific and sacrificial battle to break through an official statement from the rome war office to-day says the ital ians already have retaken a considerable portion of the territory they yielded to the austro-germans last tuesday around monte asolone east i of the brenta the positions regained were held in face of powerful counter attacks and violent concentrated fire from the enemy's massed batteries terrific attacks made ferocity of the italian counter drive is shown by the official statement from the german war office west of monte asolone the italians sent seven waves of infantry against the teutons in quick succession three mighty attacks were delivered also against the austro-germans on monte pertica another onslaught was di ected against monte solaralo all ten of these attacks were made under cover of a withering artillery fire the teutons suffered heavy losses berlin claims the italians were re pulsed everywhere but the rome war office reports appreciable gains germans fling away lives passing of the offensive from the austro-germans to the italians was welcome news military critics here are very enthusiastic the tide turned immediately after ihe teutons took the all-important position monte asolone this victory was won at frightful sacrifice of men during the last ten days the foe ha flung away lives promiscuously to gain ground undoubtedly their heavy losses caused their drive to lose its force kaltschmidt found guilty of spy plot . detroit dec 21 â€” albert c kaltschmidt wealthy detroit manufacturer was found guilty ln the united states court here to-day of conspiring to destroy munitions plants and ships in the united states and canada four others indicted with kaltschmidt were found guilty and carl respa the fifth was acquitted gary buys quarter billion certificates new york deo 21 the united states steel corporation judge el bert h gary chairman of the board announced tc-day has bought a quarter of a billion dollars worth of the government certificates of indebted ness maturing june 15 next and bearing 4 per eent interest chicago nurse wed in troop trench camp marthur tex dec 21 miss mabe^le s bayard chicago nurse was married here to-day to lieutenant h o lindholm of es canaba mich the ceremony was performed by the poet chaplain the army band played the wadding march u.s engineers all wounded before taken paris dec 21 â€” the following letter from general j b seeley commanding a canadian cavalry brigade was read to the american luncheon club to-day i cannot help telling you o the extraordinarily gallant fight put up by a handful of american railway engineers during the second phase of the cam brai battle f when they found themselves surrounded by germans no man thought of surrender some fought hand-to-hand with crowbars and picks and not one man of the party fell un wounded into the hands of the enemy billion hue foh airplanes congress expected to be liberal in passing new flying appropriation washington dec 21 â€” lt is expected that congress will be asked for a billion dollars more for air planes after the christmas recess howard e coffin chairman of the aircraft production board to-day re turned from an inspection of southern camps to confer regarding the air program . members of congress let it be understood that they will be liberal senator shepard of texas went so far as to say that a billion-dollar appropriation is not unlikely now needed already the production on the original program of more than 600,000 000 calling for approximately 22,000 planes has reached such volume and speed according to mr coffin that aviators is now becoming a chief concern to facilitate the increase in the personnel general crowder has re moved draft restrictions on enlistments in the aviation branch of the signal corps look for 100.000 mr coffin expressed belief that the united states will ultimately have one hundred thousand airplanes with american flyers the allies now depend largely on american production for their own service the aircraft production board is working with the allies in co-ordinating standards and types and the present sixty or more airplane motor types may be reduced to four rufus dawes son and chum off to france charles c dawes 1800 sheridan road evanston son of rufus g dawes and norman johnson 1618 hinman avenue evanston friends since childhood enlisted together in an engineering regiment and last monday left camp grant for a point of embarkation for france it was learned yesterday johnson served some time in the ambulance corps in france and tha ship en which he returned to the united states was torpedoed governor here for debut of daughter governor and mrs frank o l.ow ie arrived n chicago just night to attend the debut to-night of their daughter miss florence who will be formally introduced to society at a reception and dance at the residence of her grandmother mrs george pullman 1729 prairie avenue miÂ»s lowden is a westover girl u.s weather forecast chicago and vicinity â€” gen crhlly fair saturday and probnbly minrt.'ij i not much change in temperature | mali viirlable wind temperature fo twenty four hours ending at 2 a m ! highest 36 lowest 33 mean 34 normal temperature for the day 28 deficiency of temperature since january 1 1c degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours none deficiency since january 1 8.22 inches barometric pressure reduced to sea level : 7 a m 80.20 7 p m 30.38 sunrise tcday 7:15 suuaet 4:22 osautleu konramect report on i'as.a ij hindenburg predicts more victories amsterdam dec 21 1t is my firm conviction that further victories will follow the victories we already have won let the courage of the fatherland remain unbroken and with us the fatherland will conquer field marshal hindenburg made this prediction to a group of berlin journalists at army head quarters general von ludendorff urged the journalists not to write too much about peace victory and peace he said will come sooner if we remain united and strong no one can now deprive us of victory ukraine joins cossack war powerful southern russia armies co-operating 800 bolsheviki slain in battle - london dec.*2l â€” added impetus was given the revolt against the bol sheviki to-day when the rada gov erning body of the ukraine definitely aligned forces with general kale dines odessa troops have joined with the ukrainians other units fraternizing eight hundred bolsheviki soldiers were killed and l,ood wounded in the six days battle in which the cossacks captured rostov-on-don the rebels captured in their town were dealt with harshly the cossacks hate of the reds being all consuming maximalist military leaders fled the town on warships the cruiser kolchida ran aground in the river and was destroyed by the cossack artil lery dispatches received from petrograd to-day assert that an anti-bolshevikl force was defeated by maximalist troops under the command of released german and austrian officers at i tashkent capital of russian turke . stan released austro-german prisoners ! equivalent to two army corps and | commanded by their own officers are i said to be within striking distance of petrograd following the refusal of the ukrain ians to yield to the ultimatum of the bolsheviki Â» demanding ukrainian forces cease giving aid to the cos sacks and disarming maximalist troops a second ultimatum wjth a time limit of forty-eight hours has been dispatched the british foreign office to-day re fused to confirm or deny the state ment printed in the vosslsche-zeitung of berlin that the entente had rec os_nl*e exceptionally good bargains in cars that have been overhauled 1 i j l t and repainted and are practi j i cally as good as new â– ' ' ~ * -